Chapter 171: Classmate, this is not the place you should be
As he walked into the alley again, the doubts that Su Chengyi had just suppressed came to his mind again.
The weirdo in the raincoat is about the same height as me, about 1.8 meters, and very thin.
If you can see the face, it is probably the type that is very thin and unhealthy.
He is very familiar with the terrain of the Olive Zone and can move freely without the need for light, indicating that he is likely to be an indigenous person living nearby.
Chen Jinzhi said that she had not moved where she was, but they ran back again.
There was no time to think when he was being led away. Looking back now, he just led himself in a circle around here. Maybe he was only familiar with this area.
The moment he tore his raincoat apart, he could see that he was wearing a white shirt and a red vest underneath.
The wound on Chen Jinzhi's ankle was so deep that it must have been kicked out with pointed shoes.
This kind of outfit looks like a hotel waiter.
After integrating the obtained information, Su Chengyi had a vague portrait of the character in his mind.
After knowing his approximate body shape and job, it is not difficult to find him.
The first thing Su Chengyi did after returning home was to take a shower.
He has always felt that his athletic ability is average. Although it is not as good as Xu Yang's type with well-developed limbs, he is still passable.
It was the same when I was a social animal. On weekends, I would find time to go jogging and practice boxing.
After today's run, he really felt a little tired, he was sweating all over, and he felt very uncomfortable all over.
For some reason, the voice of the stuffed bear he met in the mall suddenly sounded in his mind:
"Handsome guy, learn about swimming and fitness!"
It seems like this , maybe you should get a fitness card after the college entrance examination.
I actually let that raincoat weirdo escape tonight.
Although to a large extent, the blame lies with his own night blindness and the intricate topography of the Olive Zone.
I held a flashlight in my hand, but the light source was swinging around while running, flickering on and off, which further affected my vision.
The debris placed in the alley and the sudden forks in the road are very time-consuming.
Although Chen Jinzhi's sudden conspiracy finally caught him.
But when she was holding him down, Su Chengyi was really afraid that she would accidentally strangle him to death. His breathing sounded like he was about to expire, so he subconsciously let go of his hand. .
The weirdo in the raincoat looked as skinny as a pile of bones, and he didn't know where he got his strength.
When the two of them were chasing each other, the clothes-drying stick that he picked up casually without respecting martial ethics was broken, and he was stunned without saying a word.
Su Chengyi couldn't help but doubt that even if he hit the back of his head with an aluminum alloy flashlight, he would be able to persist until he escaped first and then fainted.
And after he was tripped to the ground by Chen Jinzhi, he did not press his head, but only held his shoulders.
He himself pressed his face to the ground desperately, so much that his facial features were distorted. Considering the roughness of the concrete floor, his face must have been scratched and covered in blood.
He was so desperate, as if he had some obsession and just didn't want others to see his face.
Could it be that the two of them knew each other?
Su Chengyi searched in his mind and couldn't think of an acquaintance who fit this profile.
After washing up, Su Chengyi leaned on the sofa cushions and started searching for hotel information on the local service software.
He closed countless pop-up advertisements along the way, and he almost browsed through all the hotels on the list in Tang'an City.
There are similar red and white clothes, but after a closer look, I found that the styles are not similar.
Sighing, Su Chengyi stood up. The clothes he changed had to be washed off.
The moment he opened the washing machine, he was stunned for a moment.
Bad news: I threw the shirt I changed into the washing machine two days ago and forgot to start washing it.
Good news: The repaired hearing aid happened to be in my shirt pocket.
It seemed that Chu Qingmian suddenly said something carelessly after getting in the car that day, which made him do things absent-mindedly.
Taking out the hearing aid and putting it back in the drawer, Su Chengyi lay back on the bed and slowly closed his eyes.
The fatigue made it almost impossible for him to think about anything anymore. Just when he was about to fall into a chaotic sleep, the sound of leather heels hitting the ground suddenly echoed in his ears again.
“Ta, ta, ta.”
Why is there such a dragging sound?
——Because the leather shoes don’t fit my feet very well.
If you are a long-term, regular waiter in a hotel, your clothes should be customized according to your height and body type.
Even if it is not custom-made, at least it needs to fit well.
Such a serious mismatch in shoe sizes indicates that he is most likely working part-time.
So, when will hotels need a large number of temporary workers?
——When holding large-scale events or banquets.
Thinking of this, Su Chengyi lost all sleepiness, and his thoughts became clear.
He reopened the browser and searched for announcements of temporary workers for hotels that had recently hosted birthday parties, wedding banquets, and the like.
This time he really found one that met the requirements.
Deyue Restaurant in Olive District recently hosted a centenary banquet for an old man. The banquet was held for three consecutive days, and today is the second day.
Su Chengyi clicked on the restaurant's review and suddenly wanted to laugh.
“I came here to do business today. I entered the store and waited for a long time. The waiter didn’t seem to see me, and no one brought me a menu. Damn it, if you don’t want to do business, please close it early. You’re so embarrassed!”
This looks like a grumpy telegraph guy.
“Sisters, please avoid this restaurant. Does it deserve to be called a restaurant? The environment is so bad, it’s not as good as a roadside fly restaurant!”
This aunt has pictures and the truth, and she took them with pictures Looking at the environment inside the store, it looked like the floor was very greasy and had not been mopped for at least two weeks.
"My colleague's wedding banquet is booked here. My suggestion is that if you don't want to get married, you don't have to get married. I'm sorry."
This brother must have given a lot of money, but he was very unhappy in the end.
“The stir-fried kidney is so fishy that it feels like eating it raw. The cooking skills are extremely poor!”
This is a man who pays attention to taste experience.
There are a total of ten reviews, only one is a default positive review, and the others are all one-star negative reviews.
Probably because the rating was too low, the system automatically removed it from the hotel rankings. As a result, Su Chengyi did not find this restaurant after flipping through dozens of pages during the first round of investigation.
In the picture released by the restaurant itself, the waiter is wearing the red and white shirt and vest worn by the raincoat weirdo.
The announcement for recruiting temporary workers states that you have to work for three consecutive days before wages can be settled, otherwise your work will be in vain.
The birthday party will end in one day. If nothing else happens, the raincoat geek will have to go to work tomorrow.
That would be easy. Su Chengyi marked the address of Deyue Restaurant on the map.
Generally speaking, if you sneak in and eat at a banquet like this, others won't notice.
At worst, I will give you some money when the time comes.
With the feeling that he was bound to win, Su Chengyi covered himself with a quilt and fell asleep.
A night without dreams.
During lunch break the next day, he rushed to the location marked on the map last night without stopping.
The weather was around 30 degrees, so in order to hide from others, Su Chengyi specially put on a thin jacket outside her school uniform T-shirt today.
When you get off the taxi, you will see a joyous scene with loud gongs and drums.
There is a waitress standing at the door to welcome guests. Her clothes are also red and white, and they look matching. On both sides of the red carpet were placed floral baskets with cards written on them with the name of the giver.
This Deyue Restaurant, which has a total score of 0.9 out of five, at least looks good on the outside.
Su Chengyi stood at the door and glanced at the big red banner that read "Congratulations to Mr. Wu: he will be as blessed as the flowing water of the East China Sea, and his life will be as long as the everlasting pines of Nanshan Mountain!"
Okay, let’s remember the birthday girl’s surname is Wu, so that we don’t reveal the secret later.
This atmosphere reminded him of various memories of visiting relatives when he was a child.
He really hates eating at banquets. It is completely meaningless to him to be forced to chat and eat with a group of people he does not know at all.
So Su Chengyi would always run away when he could in situations like this. When he was a child, he was often scolded by Su Zelang because of this. He firmly believed that men who don’t understand the culture of the wine table will never be successful.
Putting aside the shadow of childhood, Su Chengyi slowly walked along the red carpet with the crowd, and his eyes inadvertently glanced at the names on the flower baskets.
When he scanned it, he saw a familiar name, and his heart skipped a beat.
"Congratulations to Mr. Wu on his birthday."
The following signature is: Hou Yuqian.
To be honest, since Hou Yukun started working on a sewing machine and Hou Xiaohong dropped out of school, Su Chengyi had almost forgotten about the Hou family.
But when I saw something related to them, I still felt a little uncomfortable and had a bad premonition.
Suppressing his doubts for the time being, he stepped into the restaurant amidst the welcome from the receptionist.
The internal structure looks almost the same as the photo taken by the aunt in the review. It does not seem to be a malicious negative review.
There are only a dozen dining tables set up in the hall, and the second floor is empty.
Maybe because it is the third day now, there are fewer guests.
Otherwise it does look a bit awkward.
Su Chengyi looked around and wanted to see where to pay his contribution. Before going out in the morning, he specially brought 100 yuan in cash.
Unexpectedly, he looked up and down and couldn't find it at all, so he had to sit down in a corner.
There are not many people and the seats are spread out. When the food started to be served, there were only four people at the table where Su Chengyi sat.
Everyone sat far apart in a tacit understanding, forming a square, and no one spoke.
Unlike the festive atmosphere with beating gongs and drums outside, there was actually silence inside.
Even if there is no master of ceremonies to host the banquet, not even the host who is waiting for the guests appears.
The overall banquet presented a very strange atmosphere.
The waiters served the dishes in silence, and the guests ate in silence. They could only hear the festive music playing on the speakers outside the restaurant.
Su Chengyi felt strange in her heart, but her face looked calm.
His intuition told him that this was no ordinary banquet.
But it didn't have much to do with him, so he still focused on the waiter wandering around the venue.
After some observation, there are some tall and thin people, but they are not as thin as the raincoat weirdos, and there are no scars on their faces left by scratching on the ground.
Isn’t he responsible for the process of serving food? Did you start in the kitchen?
The dishes were served one after another, and the dishes were just like what the fried kidney man said, they looked unappetizing.
Although I have no appetite, it seems a little strange to not move a single chopstick when I come to eat.
Su Chengyi raised his eyes and observed the other people at the table. They all lowered their heads and occasionally took a bite of the dishes placed in front of them.
Most of the time I drank the canned beer that the waiter just brought over.
The dish in front of Su Chengyi was a plate of cold pig ears. He picked up his chopsticks and tried to take a piece.
The cook really needs to be fired.
It is also a skill to be able to make this kind of cold salad so delicious.
Su Chengyi put down his chopsticks and sat in silence for a while. After making sure that there was no waiter in the lobby who he was looking for, he carefully pulled out his chair and stood up.
The other three people at the table suddenly raised their heads and stared at him.
That kind of look is completely unlike what strangers would show to other strangers for no reason.
“Everyone, eat slowly, I’m going to the bathroom.”
Su Chengyi paused and said calmly.
After hearing his words, several people lowered their heads again.
Su Chengyi tried his best to make his steps appear natural, but in fact, the doubts in his heart had deepened.
He could clearly feel that after he stood up just now, not only the people at the same table, but also the people at other tables were staring at what was happening on his side.
It’s so strange, like I’ve stumbled into something I shouldn’t have come to.
Su Chengyi walked towards the end of the corridor with the bathroom sign, and happened to meet the waiter walking out of the next room with a box of beer cans in his hands.
"Hello."
Su Chengyi stretched out her hand to stop him.
The waiter put down the beer in his hand and revealed a young face.
“Hello, do you need anything?”
He spoke in a brisk tone.
"Excuse me, did you come here part-time because you saw the announcement?"
Su Chengyi glanced at the empty corridor to confirm that no one else was here.
"Yes! You will get your salary immediately after finishing the afternoon work."
The waiter was gearing up and looked very happy.
"Congratulations. How many people are working part-time with you?"
"About ten, what's wrong?"
"Is there anyone among them who is about 1.8 meters and very thin? ?”
Su Chengyi gestured to the top of his head.
“Well, let me think about it, there is one.”
The waiter quickly replied,
“But he doesn’t work in the lobby, he is responsible for moving goods, and I didn’t see him when we gathered this morning.”
“Then you Do you have his contact information? I have something to ask him."
Su Chengyi was very polite. He took out the 100 yuan that was originally intended to be used as a share and handed it to the waiter.
The other party immediately beamed:
"Easy to say, easy to say. When we came to apply for the job, we joined a WeChat group. And the notes should be changed to name and mobile phone number. I will find it for you."
He clicked on someone in the group chat Hand the information to Su Chengyi.
"He Wufei"
Su Chengyi turned on the camera on his mobile phone, took a photo of the WeChat information, and said thank you.
The waiter got a hundred yuan for selling his contact information, which was a windfall for nothing. He was happily checking the authenticity of the banknotes in front of the chandelier.
Su Chengyi took two steps outside, then suddenly stood still and turned around.
The waiter thought he was going back on his word and wanted his money back, so he quickly stuffed the money into his pocket and looked at him warily.
"Excuse me, where is the back door?"
After walking out of the narrow passage behind the kitchen just for dumping garbage, Su Chengyi immediately waved down a taxi.
Something is wrong. There is something wrong with this birthday party and this restaurant.
But no matter what, the information he was looking for was found here.
The name of the weirdo in the raincoat is He Wufei. This name seems serious and serious, but he is actually a stalker.
Forget it, Su Chengyi thought of the two brothers Hou Yukun and Hou Yuqian again, who had personally proved that names cannot mean anything.
Before getting on the bus, he implicitly reminded the waiter just now. I wonder if he noticed it.
Only working part-time for three days, the salary offered by the restaurant is 2,000 yuan, which is almost equal to what his peers earn in a month. This already represents a lot of problems.
This money is definitely not that easy to get.
I don’t know if the raincoat weirdo noticed something like him, so he ran away and didn’t come to work today.
The destination of the taxi was not No. 1 Middle School. It was still a while before the afternoon class time, and Su Chengyi got off the bus in the Olive District.
Xiaofei canteen.
Su Chengyi discovered a theorem. No matter when he comes here, there will always be a group of shirtless men playing cards in the smoke-filled room.
He tried to take two steps inside, but was hit by the choking smell of smoke again.
There are melon seeds, chicken feet with pickled peppers, instant noodles and the like on the counter that sells goods. It seems that they are for poker players.
But there was no one at the counter, so he probably left because of something.
Su Chengyi decided to stand at the door and wait for a while.
Not to mention the choking smell of cigarette smoke, everyone inside is busy fighting at the card game, so they probably don’t have time to pay attention to him.
The alley looked peaceful during lunch break, and many people moved out chairs to take a nap in the shade under the eaves.
Su Chengyi casually looked aside and saw a familiar face.
An old lady was sitting on a chair, holding an embroidery piece in her hand, which is the wooden circle commonly used to tighten white cloth during embroidery.
Su Chengyi knew its name because Yang Liu was obsessed with embroidery for a while and bought a lot of props. In the end, he accidentally pricked his finger and threw all the props into the trash in a rage. Bucket.
It only took two days in total from getting started to giving up.
Lin Zhiwan was sitting on a small stool next to the old lady, smiling and helping her thread the needle, with a very quiet and gentle profile.
Ah, that’s right.
Yang Liu sent himself a message before, saying that he and his sisters have been traveling in a group these days, so call him if you need anything.
Probably Lin Zhiwan was given a day off by the way, so she was resting at home today.
Looking from Su Chengyi's perspective, the scene under the eaves looks like an ancient painting.
Lin Zhiwan always has a softness that does not belong to this fast-paced era. Everything around her is developing rapidly, but she always stays in the past, in the same place.
It's like no matter when you look back, you can see her standing there, smiling gently at you.
"Hey! Why are you here, kid?"
Suddenly being hugged by someone, Su Chengyi turned around and saw the playful little Fei brother touching the ground with his toes, trying very hard to hook him. Hold his shoulders.
Su Chengyi smiled, and just when he was about to answer, he said to himself:
"Oh~ Are you here to see the Lin siblings? No, aren't you in the same class as Tongtong? Got it, you're looking for Zhiwan, I'll call her for you!"
"No."< br>
Su Chengyi quickly interrupted him.
"I'm not looking for Sister Lin. I have something I want to ask you about, but I don't know if it's inconvenient."
"What's the matter?"
Su Chengyi looked at Lin Zhiwan on the street. If she looked up, she would see herself standing here.
Brother Xiaofei is very clever. When he saw the look in his eyes, he immediately understood.
“Let’s go in and talk.”
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